Chemical DIOSGENIN | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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DIOSGENIN

Ubiquitous

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
Antifatigue	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	20-40 mg/kg/day/15 day scu mus	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Mastogenic	20-40 mg/kg/day/15 day scu mus	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Sort descending	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Agave sisalana	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Aletris farinosa	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Areca catechu	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Asparagus officinalis	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Balanites aegyptiacus	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Chamaelirium luteum	Root	not available	222.2	-1.4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Costus speciosus	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Daucus carota	Root	5400.0	6000.0	0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Daucus carota	Tissue Culture	5400.0	6000.0	1.4	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea bulbifera	Tuber	not available	4500.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea composita	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea sp.	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea villosa	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea villosa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea villosa	Tuber	not available	23000.0	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Jateorhiza palmata	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Lycium chinense	Flower	not available	7300.0	not available	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Medicago sativa	Seed	not available	1000.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Melilotus officinalis	Seed	not available	1000.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Momordica charantia	Tissue Culture	not available	13.7	-0.7	Jim Duke's personal files.